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| Full name | Maria Fernanda de Oliveira da Silva Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mafê [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 2002 [2] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Fernanda de Oliveira da Silva Costa (born 5 September 2002) is a Brazilian swimmer. [3] [4] She finished 4th in the 400m freestyle, and 5th in the 200m freestyle, at the 2024 World Championships, in Doha. [5]
She participated in the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. [6]
Mafe Costa made a huge improvement when he became part of the team that trains with Fernando Possenti. [7]
In June 2023, she was Brazilian champion in the Brazil Trophy in the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:57.76 and the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:06.85. [8]
At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan, she reached the final of the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, finishing in 8th place. [9] [10] She also finished 12th in the Women's 400 metre freestyle, [11] 20th in the Women's 200 metre freestyle [12] and 24th in the Women's 200 metre butterfly. [13]
At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, she won three silver medals in the Women's 400 metre freestyle with a time of 4:06.68 (near the South American record of Andreina Pinto, a time of 4:06.02), in the Women's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:58.12, and in the 4x200m freestyle relay where Brazil almost broke the South American record, narrowly losing to the USA. [14] [15] [16]
At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, she qualified for the 400m freestyle final with the 4th best time, breaking the South American record with a time of 4:05.52. It was the first time that a Brazilian reached the final of the 400m freestyle at the World Championships - Mafê reached the final together with her compatriot Gabrielle Roncatto. [17] In the final, Mafê broke the South American record again, now with a mark of 4:02.86, finishing in 4th place, just 0.47s from bronze, this being the best result of all time for Brazilian women's swimming in World Championships. in Olympic events. [18] [19] [20] In the 200m freestyle, Costa clocked 1:57.11 in the semi-finals, breaking the South American record, obtaining the Olympic index and Brazil's best result in the history of this event - in the women's 200m freestyle, Brazil had never qualified anyone for a final. [21] In the 200m freestyle final, Mafê again broke her limits, once again breaking the South American record, now with a time of 1:56.85, finishing in 5th place, 0.85 seconds away from bronze. [22] [23] In the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, the team composed of Maria Fernanda Costa, Stephanie Balduccini, Aline Rodrigues and Gabrielle Roncatto obtained a historic result, reaching 4th place, Brazil's best placement in this event at the World Championships, destroying the South American record with the mark of 7:52.71. [24] [25] The quartet formed by Costa, Balduccini, Rodrigues and Ana Carolina Vieira also finished 6th in the 4x100m freestyle, equaling Brazil's best result in world championships in this event. [26]
On May 7, 2024, competing in the Brazilian Olympic Swimming Trials, she broke the South American record for the 200m freestyle with a time of 1:56.37. [27] On May 11, in the same competition, she broke the Brazilian record for the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:28.92. [28]
At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Mafê Costa reached the final of the 400m freestyle - a Brazilian woman had not reached the final of this event at the Olympics since 1948. She finished in 7th place, in her first Olympic participation, at the age of 21. [29] She also swam the 200m freestyle, reaching the semi-finals and finishing 11th - it was the best position in the history of Brazil in the women's 200m freestyle at the Olympics. In both events, she swam close to her South American records. [30] [31] In the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Brazil qualified for the final, where she opened the race by breaking the South American record with a time of 1:56.06. Brazil finished 7th in the final. [32]
At the José Finkel Trophy, held in a short course pool, in August 2024, she broke the South American records for the 200m freestyle (1:54.46) and the 400m freestyle (3:59.33). [33] [34] [35] [36]
| Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m freestyle | 1:56.06 | 2024 Summer Olympics | August 2, 2024 | SA |
| 400 m freestyle | 4:02.86 | 2024 World Championships | February 11, 2024 | SA |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:28.92 | 2024 Brazilian Olympic Swimming Trials | May 11, 2024 | NR |
| Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m freestyle | 1:54.46 | José Finkel Trophy | August 17, 2024 | SA |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:59.33 | José Finkel Trophy | August 13, 2024 | SA |
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